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rstinge1
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City/Region: Wanchese
State or Province: NC
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
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 Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 4:10 pm Post subject: Assymetry |
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| The C Dory factory reps need to follow the C-Brats thread. Re-aligning the motors with the rear starboard switch. Their factory website Gallery of our beloved TomCat has a shot of twin 175 Suzies totally out of alignment. Really? |
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Pacificcoast101
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
Posts: 717
City/Region: Torrance
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2008
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gulfcoast john
Joined: 14 Dec 2012
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City/Region: PENSACOLA
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2010
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Cat O' Mine
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't look on the site, but my bet would be those engines are rigged with joystick controls and the boat is moving sideways to the dock or some cool trick like that. We haven't been to a boat show in years, but that's what they look like. If anyone wants to bet a fill-up of E0 gas, you'd only lose about $630.
On edit, I notice the Optimus label. But you can still bet!
Cheers!
John
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rstinge1
Joined: 08 Apr 2019
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City/Region: Wanchese
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C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Catfish
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah Phil. To my previous point. |
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rstinge1
Joined: 08 Apr 2019
Posts: 31
City/Region: Wanchese
State or Province: NC
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Catfish
Photos: Catfish
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Does not look like, based on the pic, that there is a fuel dock within tens of miles. |
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NORO LIM
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
Posts: 875
City/Region: Olympia
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C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 23 Venture
Vessel Name: NORO LIM (sold 12/12/14)
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11NsJ155RM
Amazing, but I would love to see this system demonstrated in the Wrangell Narrows at full flood current with a stiff cross wind.
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gulfcoast john
Joined: 14 Dec 2012
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Bill,
I believe Optimus 360 (SeaStar) only advertises this system as a DOCKING assist, not total joystick control like a Volvo IPS system.
You wouldn't use it at that Narrows.
Today on leaving my marina my Yamahas were WAY out of alignment, in a stiff wind in a very narrow marina fairway, and I scraped some cowling paint on a piling trying to get out of there. In our view, such comic cosmetic misadventures just add character to our boat and our experiences on her, and a can of non OEM Yamaha touch up paint is $20.
Your mileage may differ... a LOT!
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
Posts: 20803
City/Region: Pensacola
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C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Good eye John! The Optimus 360 costs in the $18,000 range additional--Only installed by very few specialists. There was a "skyhook" more recently a SeaStation, option (more $$??) for spot positioning using multiple GPS units....
Over my pay grade. I remember one prospective buyer posting about it a while back.
If you win the lottery and still stick with C Dory--it would be a great feature. But it does seem to use a lot of power to do what can be done with a little touch of the throttles--like John does...
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NORO LIM
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
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City/Region: Olympia
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C-Dory Year: 2006
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Vessel Name: NORO LIM (sold 12/12/14)
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| gulfcoast john wrote: | Bill,
I believe Optimus 360 (SeaStar) only advertises this system as a DOCKING assist, not total joystick control like a Volvo IPS system.
You wouldn't use it at that Narrows.
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Oh, I wasn't imagining anything other than using it to assist in getting me undamaged to the fuel dock or a slip in Petersburg Harbor.  Every dock for the 20 miles of the Narrows is subject to daily substantial or even extreme currents and to frequent winds.
Seems like a lot of money to spend on a system if it could not assist me with exactly the kind of docking I really could use some help with!
I know what you mean about cosmetic misadventures. And I always tried to choose a piling rather than someone else's boat if a ricochet maneuver was called for. 
Bill |
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ssobol
Joined: 27 Oct 2012
Posts: 3370
City/Region: SW Michigan
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: SoBELLE
Photos: SoBelle
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| Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, it is interesting to watch some of the new joystick control systems in action. Especially when there are 3 or 4 engines involved. All of them moving and pointing in different directions. Some in forward and some in reverse.
I inquired about putting such a system on my 22 a few years ago. At the time I was told that it didn't work for engines less than 200hp. |
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